Learn About Your Nervous System

$20 (plus a small EventBrite service fee).

Sliding scale of $10-20 is available and encouraged, so please share this with all who may benefit. Use coupon code "Slidingscale10" or "Slidingscale15" at checkout.
For volunteers who work with high-risk children and/or adults, thank you for your service - please enter the coupon code "Volunteer" for comp admission.

Learn how your brain is wired to respond to danger, and how overwhelming experiences can cause us to get stuck in the danger-response mode. You'll understand the basic biological reasons for emotions and gain compassion for yourself and others.This class includes learning to feel how to monitor and consciously affect your own nervous system, as well as how to use mindfulness to heal trauma. This material is very relevant to yoga, Aikido and other martial arts, spirituality, and every type of personal growth work.

Past participants called this class "simple but life-changing" and "illuminating." Appropriate for the public, yet also will have enough juicy information to be very relevant for practitioners of all types. (Note, this class is not intended to treat severe emotional trauma. Upon request, I can provide a referral to a trained therapist.)

Based largely on the Somatic Experiencing work of Peter Levine. Find his books at the library or Powell's, including Waking the Tiger, In an Unspoken Voice, and Trauma-proofing Your Kids.

This class will be offered again on Tues 4/16 7-9 PM! Ticket link coming soon for that.

Want to know about future classes via email? Let me know at portlandrolfer@gmail.com.

PS: This class is very information-rich. I also offer a movement-based class called "Self-Care for the Nervous System: A Movement Exploration" at Peoples: https://self-care-nervoussystem.eventbrite.com
Tues 3/19 7-8:30pm and 5/21 7-8:30pm

FAQs

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

No, just give your name when you arrive.

Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends?

Yes, you can give your ticket to a friend to attend in your place. Just have them give your name at the door.